We did a complete rewrite of charts in JavaFX 2.0 to add cool features like:

Dynamic Data Support

Animation

Auto Ranging

CSS Styling

There is a sample application called “Chart Sampler” that ships with JavaFX 2.0 Beta that shows some of what can be done with the new charts. Here are a few screen shots to tempt you to go and check it out

I tried wading through the JavaDocs but must have missed something… how do you render these graphics to an image, such as a PNG file that can be saved to disk, included in a report, or sent back from a servlet?